St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-14
The Streets OF st. Paul ShOne
Under Ten Thousand Col
ored Lights,
While a Multitude Came Out
And Walked Beneath the
Glowing Arches.
Bands Rendered Sweet Music
and the Night Was Like
the Carnival.
A Most Gorgeous Display Of
Fireworks Promised for
This Evening.

Blue blazes, rainbows in wild profu-
sion, streaks of light and lightning,
10000 scintilating meteors punched, gor-
geous pictures of flame, myriads of
twinkling stars, the swelling strains of
music, the chatter of multitude, the
clatter of twice as many feet on the
pavement, red, white and blue stream
erS, roSetteS of cOlOred fire, a blue sky
that showed black as jet and stars that
were OutdOne in brilliancy by the handi-
work of man. These made UP the pic
ture that presented itself to the senses
of some 10000 or $4,000 people who
walked up and down Third street last
night. The illuminatiOns were turned
on then, and there is little use in trying
to describe their effect. @
1t was hardly dusk when the men
with long poles with lighted taper at
the ends, began the work of firing up at
the Bridge square arch. A whole force
of men was employed a short time
afterward, and when the twilight had
gone the lights came out in all their
brilliancy. Ropes had been placed at
all the crossings, SO that no teams could
get to Third street, and during the en-
tire evening until 1920 o'clock, the pop
ulace availed itself of the general lnvi-
tation to come out and take walk be-
meath the lights. 1t could properly
BE CALLED A MULTITUDE
that was in the street. From half a
block above Bridge square to Slbley
street, all the space was taken. Moth
ing like it was ever seen ON the gayeSt
nights of the winter carnival: Every
body was good natured and the thou
sands poked their elbows into each 9TH
er'S ribs and trOd on each others cornS
in the best of humOr.
The effect of the lights was magnifi-
cent. The long lines of many cOlOred
globes, within each of which a gas jet
burned, seemed continuous chain OF
stars, while the arches that spanned the
street at every corner and midway be-
tween the blocks were like ralnboWs.
Along the whole line, just over the
sidewalk, electric lights III pairs had
been placed at intervals of not more
than twenty feet. These added greatly
to the effect.
The very complex arch at Bridge
square, with its pyramids of globes, Its
trees loaded with fiery fruit, its cross
bars and radiating branches, appeared
in its full glory, and was the admlra-
ton of all.
At the corner of Third and Cedar
arches of light by invisible wires, was
the huge anchor lighted by electricity,
which sent its incandescence through
glass of bright and varied cOlOrs. 1t
was the most noticeable and the most
beautiful of any single piece of the IL
Elimination. 1t is in position OF a ''foul'
anchor. Its fiukes are of white light,
with talOnS of blue, and its crOSSbar is
fire red, while the ends OF the beam are
tipped with blue and red. John Cor
man. of the Edison company, did him.
self proud in this piece of work. Wa
basha street, had it not been for the
greater display on Third street. would
have been considered brilliant, and as 1t
was, there was sufficient to attract
crowds along the sidewalks from
Seventh street to Third. At the corner OF
Seventh street arches had been sprung
diagonaIly from the curbstones and
with crosSbars underneath the arches OF
flame. it made an attractive piece.
Jets branching from the street lamps.
with globes of white and red about
them, also illumined the street the en-
tire distance from Third street up.
There were also arches across jackson
street. one at Rice park, and scattered
elsewhere about the city.
THE MUSIC.
The bands stationed along Third
street were one of the chief attractions.
Stands had been erected, one near the
corner of the block near Bridge square,
another between Minnesota and Cedar,
and third between Robert and Jack
son. Each was gaily decorated. On
the lower one was the Metropolitan
band, on the next above was SelbertS
Great Western and near Bridge square
was STEMS First regiment. They gave
concerts lasting, with brief lnterludes,
from 7:3o until 1890.
THE FIREMEN'S PARADE.
The fire department parade was a
feature of the evening. At 1850 the en-
tire department, with every available
piece of apparatus, formed In line or
procession at the Central fire hall. The
men were in dress uniform and
the apparatus had been cleaned
and polished until it looked
was under the escort of a detail of
mounted police, and preceded by four
trumpeters from the colOred regiment
stationed at Fort Smelling. Chief
Black rode at the head OF his
men. The line of parade was
on Eighth street to Wabasha, to Third,
to Jackson, to Seventh, to Broadway, to
Eighth, and broke again at the Central
fire hall at $50. The streets everywhere
were lined with admiring spectators
who had chance to see the department
in it's entirety.
This evening the attraction will be a
magnificent display of fireworks from
the Robert street bridge at 8 p. m. The
Examinations will begin at 1880 and the
bands will discourse music on Third